Mukwavi Surname
Approximately 255 people bear this surname
Mukwavi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 198 | 1:80,050 | 6,810 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mukwavi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mukwavi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mukwavi occurs most in Zambia. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mukwavi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mukwavi is the 1,001,271st most commonly held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 28,578,611 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Mukwavi live; 79 percent live in Southern Africa and 79 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is held by 198 people, or 1 in 80,050. In Zambia Mukwavi is most frequent in: Northern Province, where 46 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 35 percent are found and Copperbelt Province, where 13 percent are found. Other than Zambia this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 16 percent are found and Canada, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mukwevi | 86 | 73 | / |
| Mukwava | 86 | 11 | / |
| Mukwawi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mukwavy | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mugwavi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mukwaiwa | 80 | 39 | / |
| Mukwaabi | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mukwabei | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mukwavaya | 75 | 35 | / |
| Mukwevhoi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mugwabi | 71 | 241 | / |
| Mugwevi | 71 | 183 | / |
| Mukwawa | 71 | 49 | / |
| Mukweve | 71 | 21 | / |
| Mukuabi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mugwava | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mokwava | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muggwabi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mukwevhe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mukwahwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mughwabi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mukwawaya | 63 | 384 | / |
| Mugwahabi | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mukwewe | 57 | 21 | / |
| Mugweve | 57 | 2 | / |
| Mugwawa | 57 | 2 | / |
| Mokwawa | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mucwabe | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mukwehwe | 53 | 41 | / |
| Mokgwawa | 53 | 2 | / |
| Mocwaiwa | 53 | 1 | / |
| Mugwajue | 53 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mukwavi
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